What does my enclosure need?

[SgtBaker]

I have a male adult veiled about 2years old. He is in the Large Zoo Med reptarium. I have a mist king on a timer with the water warmed. A dripper because he likes to drink from there too and several live plants. Right now the temps are staying pretty constantly between 75-80 in his enclosure. I have a Zoo-Med Reptisun 5.0 CFL bulb providing light.

What else I need to improve?

 

[jannb]

It looks good so far. He needs a basking light so he can bask at about 89. I'm not sure if you are new to chameleons but I'm attaching my blog for new keepers to help you out.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html

 

[ChameleonsInMyHouse]

how are you heating you mistking water?

as it interested me before, i wanted to put an aquairum heater in my water bucket, only to find out that it would promote faster bacteria and algae growth. way to do it is in-line heaters, which are expensive.

 

[SliK JiM]

To be honest it looks good!

I'm not a fan of CFL bulbs so if it were me that would be gone to be replaced with a UV tube and a normal basking bulb but they can be made to work if they're set up correctly! See: http://www.uvguide.co.uk/ for great information about light bulbs!

Other than that, I would add a few more sticks/vines so that there are more pathways to get around the place. Horizontal sticks (fixed through either side of the mesh with push pins) are great as they will make sure your guy has to work to climb higher and will keep him reaching/stretching and moving well!

 

[hollywood11]

Im also interested how you keep your misting water warm?? Ive been wanting to do this but havent found a good way with out getting algea. What are you using?